This
is the cover art I did for the very last issue of
Slash magazine in 1980. The Giclée print being offered
is the black & white drawing only, not the full
Slash cover (shown below). My drawing, titled Come
back to haunt you, was a visual proclamation that
the spirits of the Native American warriors of the
North American continent had come back to possess
the youthful punk rebels of the U.S. The mohawked
and leather clad fellow in my drawing represented
those spirits. Slash, founded in 1977 was one of the
very first U.S. publications to promulgate the punk
explosion.

The
magazine introduced an unsuspecting public
to the likes of the Sex Pistols, Clash,
Siouxsie and the Banshees and other hitherto
unknown bands. LA's own backyard was amply
covered with reports on X, Germs, Fear,
Black Flag, and many others. The last
issue of Slash featured articles on Crass
and Adam and the Ants. My Slash cover
drawing was not only a political statement,
it also served as a rebel fashion exclusive!
I can't take full credit for this, but
soon after my artwork hit the streets,
legions of youth in Los Angeles began
to sport Mohawk haircuts. Ah - the power
of an image!